And also fucking 16 wheelers. Romans did not drive 80 ton (made up number. I don’t know how heavy big trucks are. But I’m Shure they are lighter than ancient wagons. To be honest I just hate cars and I want to use a scientific discussion to push my personal political view.) vehicles.
Comment on We Finally Know How Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Every year we seem to get an article about how we’ve finally discovered how Romans had really good concrete, as if we’ve not already known for ages.
JayObey711@lemmy.world 11 months ago
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Did you learn your usage of parentheticals from David Foster Wallace?
Gsus4@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Still better than learning from LISP :)
Hyperreality@kbin.social 11 months ago
Thousands of years, to be exact.
player2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
This plus extreme selection bias. There’s plenty of concrete that did not last for thousands of years.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 11 months ago
"They don't make it like they used to. See that tube radio over there? It's 75 years old and still working! A rare find!"
jj4211@lemmy.world 11 months ago
But in their defense, not a single thing on Earth made in the last decade has lasted 75 years. Check mate.